Michel Leiris | Carl Einstein: A Close Look

In Michel Leiris face à lui-même, Jean Frémon hones and rounds off a line of thinking embarked upon during interviews conducted by Alain Veinstein (Radio France Culture). Instead of restricting himself to the professional viewpoint of an art dealer, Frémon draws on the memories he has of his special relations with Leiris, before analyzing the parallels that take shape between this latter’s autobiographical writing and the portraits he produced, one text at a time, of Francis Bacon and Alberto..